Kitchen cabinet-table.



P .n A N K Z KITCHEN CABINET TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1906. v

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No. 846,319. PATENTED MAR. $5, 1907. ZKNAPP.

KITGHEN'GABINBT TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZERA KNAPP, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OTIS MUNSON, OFCLEVELAND, OHIO.

KITCH EN CABINET-TABLE.

Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed January 24, 1906. Serial No- 297,594.

To aZZ whom it near/y concern:

Be it known that l, Lam. KNAPP, a citizen -ments in kitchenCabinet-Tables; and 1. do

declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.-

luy invention relates to kitchen cabinettables, all substantially asshown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of my newand improved ca binet-table, showing one of the upper drawers drawn outand the corresponding end leaf or board folded back upon the top of thetable. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the table. Mg. 3is a perspective view of the table with the Wings on both sides open orextended, and llig. 4 is a crosssection of the table as it is shown inFig. 3.

The main object of this invention is to provide a kitchen-table whichwill in itself make up for the common lack in many homes of kitchenaccessories and furnishings.

It is not unusual in many of the homes of common people to find kitchenswhich are not only small in point of size or floor area, but which havepractically no equipments or conveniences for storing the thingsbelonging to the kitchensuch as flour, bread, tablelinen, spices,tableware, and a great many other things which should be kept urdercover and out of the way when not used. Often, too, it is very desirableto economize the room of the kitchen because it is small and cramped andthere is no spare space for these things about the walls or otherplaces; hence the present invention, which utilizes a space whichhitherto has been unoccupied and has been as so much waste in anotherwise valuable portion of the room, all as will now more fullyappear. Thus the table has four legs A, as usual, a body B between saidlegs, a fixed top C, side wings D, folding end leaves E, and a series ofdrawers in the body B, (indicated by numerals 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9,) asshown.

Two sets of drawers side by side are shown at the exposed end, Figsl and3, and Ihave two other sets side by side at the other end of 1 tableitself the table, and at least one of these drawers is for flour anddesigned to be of a size to receive a quarter-barrel sack of flourcomfortably. Ihis drawer 9 is shown in section, Fig. 2. Altogether thereare eight drawers in this table; but there may be more or fewer and ofsuch sizes and styles as convenience may suggest. When closed, all thedrawers are dustproof, as they are perfectly inclo sed from without, asshown. 'lhe table itself may be regarded as of ordinary size andoccupying the usual floor-room; but by utilizing the space between thesides thereof, which has always heretofore been wasted and lost, I amenabled to bring a very great convenience to the housewife and make upfor the common deficiencies in kitchen construction. Other and associatefeatures are the end wings or leaves E of the top of the table, whichextend transversely of the table and are hinged to the top thereof, soas to rest down flush with said top and constitute a part thereofpractically in use, but which can be thrown back upon the top C andgotten out of the way when one of the several drawers is to be drawn outand opened to get at the contents. This makes these drawers as availableas if the table were not extended over them and yet leaves the table thefull length for use as fully as if no such hinged leaves were used. Inthis connection and as a means of support for said leaves I provideprojections or rests (Z oppositely on the inner edges and ends of theside wings D, and these projections are on the under side of said wingsand extend beyond the inner edges thereof relatively, as shown, and areof such shape and construction as to support the outer edges oftransverse leaves E whether the wings D be up, as in Figs. 1 and 2, ordown, as in Figs. 3 and 4, and said side wings can be turned up or downwithout affecting the leaves E. Another novel and useful feature is theboard G, which lies over the upper drawers lengthwise of the table andimmediately beneath top O on suitable supports 12 and 13, on which it isslidable its full length in either direction, according as it may beconvenient to use it at one or the other end of the table. This board isespecially adapted for use as a kneading-board, but makes a very goodwork-table for other purposes and which can be so used when the may becovered with linen and dishes. The said board having the full length ofthe body of the table gives it a long working end or portion and at thesame time a long bearing in its supporting end within the table.Finally, the table is provided at each end and opposite sides at its topwith rods H, adapted to be drawn out and pushed back within limits inways defined between the body-walls of the table and the supports l 12,respectively, and serving especially well I for towel-racks and thelike, and they pro ject beyond the body of the table normally about asseen in Figs. 3 and 4 and are used as handles for carrying the tablewhen carrying is necessary. Each end of the table has its own set ofthese rods, which may be of wood or metal.

The table may be made with one or two side wings D of greater or lesswidth, and the arrangement of drawers may be extended still lower downthan shown, if preferred; 1 but this is not at present deemed desirable.It will be noticed that the wings and top of l the table extend suchdistance outward from i the ends of the body that it leaves plenty ofroom beneath leaves E for the comfort of those occupying the immediateends of the I table between legs A. I Obviously the use of thekneading-board is materially facilitated by having the crossleaves Ehinged to fold back on the table, as I this enables the work to be doneclose to the body of the table when there is much less spring in theboard than farther out.

The fixed top portion 0 of the table is referred to in the claims as thetop of the table and the leaves E are extensions thereof.

What I claim is 1. A kitchen cabinet-table having side wings hinged atits sides and adapted to be raised and lowered, in combination withleaves hinged transversely on the ends of the top of the table and meanson said side wings to support the outer edges of said leaves in bothpositions of said wings.

2. A kitchen cabinet-table having side wings hinged at its sides andadapted to be raised and lowered, in combination with leaves hingedtransversely of the ends of the top of the table, and means on said sidewings to support the outer edges of said leaves in both positions ofsaid wings, comprising projections on the under side of said side wingsextending beyond the inner edge thereof.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

ZERA KN APP.

Witnesses:

R. B. MosER, OT-Is MU-NSON.

